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French businessman

André Rousselet (1 October 1922 – 29 May 2016) was a French businessman and the founder of Canal Plus, a French premium cable television channel launched in 1984. He also founded the number one taxi company in Paris called Taxis G7. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1968 for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency from the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left and was a close friend to the late French ex-president François Mitterrand. He was also the father of film producer, Philippe Rousselet.

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  2. "André Rousselet, businessman – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. Vulser, Nicole (17 February 2016). "Mort d'André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus, est mort" [André Rousselet, founder of Canal Plus, is dead]. Libération (in French). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  5. Bourdier, Maxime (29 May 2016). "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus et propriétaire des taxis G7, est mort" [André Rousselet, founder of Canal Plus and owner of G7 taxis, is dead]. HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. Tartaglione, Nancy (30 May 2016). "André Rousselet Dies: Canal Plus Founder & Mitterand Cabinet Director Was 93". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 March 2022.


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